1606 - Dream Theater Home 1999

“Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From a Memory” is a concept album by the progressive metal band Dream Theater. The album has a perfect blend of their harder, more intense songs and their softer ones, and play both of the types with great skill. Petrucci's guitar solos and Rudess' keyboard solos sound incredibly skilled and powerful, and you get a real sense of feeling in the playing. On the drums, Mike Portnoy plays so fast and still rhythmic. James Labrie has a powerful and personal voice, and mighty John Myung plays the bass virtuously. The epic "Home" goes from a melodic eastern guitar lick to a singalong chorus to a set of amazing guitar solos, such is the speed with which Petrucci needles out the notes, not to mention Portnoy's drum work.